What did you Bake/Cook Today?!?!?! :)

[Lexicon]

Early December: made a gluten-free Funfetti cake shaped like a flowerpot for my INTP best friend.

Flowerpot is 3 layers of Pillsbury gluten-free Funfetti cake. Favorite childhood cake that she hasn’t been able to have for yrs due to the wheat allergy.

Layered between the cake is dark chocolate buttercream frosting made from scratch. Just butter, powdered sugar, vanilla, dark chocolate cocoa powder & a dash of espresso powder.

Flowerpot exterior was made by mixing the unused, remaining fondant from roommate’s kid’s Bob’s Burgers cake last month. Combined the chocolate & caramel fondants for the right color.

Potting soil is mashed gluten-free Oreo cookies. Same with the flower center. It’s half a GF Oreo, attached to the petals by the creme filling. Leaves & petals were also unused supplies from roommate’s kid’s burger cake.






Late December: a lot of gingerbread was made. Some was gluten-free, as my friend spent a lot of the holiday here.

I baked the cookies. INTP decorated the pretty snowflake/tree ones, & most of the gingerbread people. I tried, but I just couldn’t get the icing to cooperate. My contribution was just the decapitated cookie in the bottom photo, & like, one of the Rudolphs the 3rd from last photo.

INTP also made a couple of macabre ones. This is probably one of many reasons we’re friends.

 

[SgtP3pper]

Making some pork shoulder at the moment.

 

[SgtP3pper]

Taadaaa.

 

[Lexicon]

St Patrick’s Day: I took my crockpot to my grandmother’s house. My mom is up visiting/staying there. She wanted some kind of ‘family meal,’ so I opted for that day, as it’d be the easiest but still feel ‘special,’ or whatever.

Made corned beef, cabbage, red potatoes & carrots in the crockpot. I don’t have pictures. Came out great.

Made a festive cheesecake:

Just a standard cheesecake with a couple drops of food coloring. Blueberry topping.

 

[Lexicon]

Today: Baked a turkey.

Chicken was a lot more expensive per lb when I did my monthly groceries. When that happens, I just get a turkey, bake it, portion it out by weight, & freeze the cooked meat for different dinners over the course of the month, in place of chicken. It reheats really well.

 

[Captain_Invincible]

Cereal.

 

[Lexicon]

This weekend:

Chocolate cheesecake, garnished with sprinkles & a sugar cookie bunny.

Used this recipe:

Chocolate Cheesecake

A rich, moist, dense, and hugely chocolate cheesecake.

www.kingarthurbaking.com

I drizzled the tiniest bit of caramel on top to get the Wilton Easter sprinkles to stick. Ghiradelli caramel sauce. It’s a bit more buttery than sickeningly sweet, at least, in the paper-thin ribbons I used.

The cheesecake itself is ridiculously rich. I got through less than half of that giant slice. It was great with a cup of coffee, though. I think I’d prefer a graham cracker crust in the future.

 

[Skimt]

I put remoulade and spiced turkey on a slice of bread.
Does that count?

 

[Lexicon]

I blame Better Call Saul for this. Been trying to catch up on that show/rewatching Season 1.
Those damned Cinnabon scenes got to me.



Last month, took a crack at cinnamon rolls from scratch for the 1st time.

Used this recipe, but subbed in white whole wheat pastry flour for 50% of the flour required. +whole grain bread improver (I can’t thank @ceecee enough for that suggestion in here a year or so ago— no more dense, gummy wheat breads!!)

Perfectly Pillowy Cinnamon Rolls

Paired with classic bold cinnamon flavor and rich vanilla icing, the result is truly the ultimate cinnamon rolls. Make this cinnamon roll recipe with King Arthur Baking Company today.

www.kingarthurbaking.com

I made a huge mess, but they came out delicious/fluffy.

(Little less icing next time)

 

[xenaprincess]

I’m trying not to cook or use heat producing devices. The SO baked blueberry scones. I ate leftover coleslaw that the SO made, which is delicious.

we’ve been on a huge vegetarian run, not having had any meat or chicken in a long time. I’m really glad for it.

 

[Lexicon]

Whole wheat penne w/hot Italian chicken sausage, kale, & crushed garden tomatoes w/olive oil (I didn’t have sauce), topped w/mozzarella. Actually came out pretty good (not pretty, but tasted good enough, & contained all the fiber, protein, veggies, & beneficial fat that I wanted). I’m gonna freeze some, & see how it reheats.

Ingredients:

+ tomatoes & olive oil.

 

[Julius_Van_Der_Beak]

Whole wheat penne w/hot Italian chicken sausage, kale, & crushed garden tomatoes w/olive oil (I didn’t have sauce), topped w/mozzarella. Actually came out pretty good (not pretty, but tasted good enough, & contained all the fiber, protein, veggies, & beneficial fat that I wanted). I’m gonna freeze some, & see how it reheats.

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+ tomatoes & olive oil.

Do you enjoy chicken sausage or is it a health thing? I've tended to find chicken sausage to be inferior to pork.

 

[Lexicon]

Do you enjoy chicken sausage or is it a health thing? I've tended to find chicken sausage to be inferior to pork.

I always found pork sausage too greasy to enjoy, & greasy stuff doesn’t agree with my stomach. So, it’s a taste thing, but lower saturated fats is a perk with chicken, too. I like this brand in particular. Lot of varieties.

 

[Julius_Van_Der_Beak]

I always found pork sausage too greasy to enjoy, & greasy stuff doesn’t agree with my stomach. So, it’s a taste thing, but lower saturated fats is a perk with chicken, too. I like this brand in particular. Lot of varieties.

Oh. I happen to love grease.

 

[ceecee]

Do you enjoy chicken sausage or is it a health thing? I've tended to find chicken sausage to be inferior to pork.

Have you tried Aidells? Pineapple & Bacon chicken sausage is delicious grilled. Then put the leftovers in fried rice.

 

[Julius_Van_Der_Beak]

Have you tried Aidells? Pineapple & Bacon chicken sausage is delicious grilled. Then put the leftovers in fried rice.

I have not. I'll look for it at the grocery store this weekend.

 

[Lexicon]

Have you tried Aidells? Pineapple & Bacon chicken sausage is delicious grilled. Then put the leftovers in fried rice.

I’ve never heard of this brand, either... apparently my local Target store stocks it, though. Haven’t seen it in the grocery store. They have a Cajun kind!!

 

[Julius_Van_Der_Beak]

I’ve never heard of this brand, either... apparently my local Target store stocks it, though. Haven’t seen it in the grocery store. They have a Cajun kind!!

Oh, I love Andouille... hope that stacks up!

 

[Lexicon]

Last night, I made some kinda delicious southwest shrimp & rice thing.

I had some leftover hot pico de gallo from nachos the other night.

I sautéed some shrimp in avocado oil & some lower-sodium ‘taco seasoning’ I had kicking around.
-added a little frozen corn
-added brown rice
-added spicy pico de gallo
-added chopped jalapeños
-added a little kale for extra greens

I let all of that heat up together in my giant skillet.

It was surprisingly good. I topped it with a little dollop of plain Greek yogurt, to temper the heat a bit, though I love spicy things.

 

[Frosty]

Baked this a while for my birthday.